HBO’s new ’70s-era record company drama Vinyl is packed with cameos from the decade’s biggest rock stars, scenesters, and A-listers—the question is, can you recognize them? The show employs clever music cues to tip you off to just who it is we’re catching a glimpse of but imagine watching an episode with the sound off. Would you know who the actor in the shaggy wig and sunglasses was supposed to be? Sometimes yes… and sometimes no way, not after you’d stared at them for a million years.

Vinyl’s biggest ‘stars’ ranked from worst to best

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Bob Marley

Welcome to the wax museum. No this isn't Madame Tussauds'. It's some third-rate, under-air-conditioned house of horrors featuring an ode to Marley made by someone who's only ever seen a cartoon of the singer.HBO/Getty Images

David Bowie

Cool Ziggy Stardust costume, guy that bears only the most passing resemblance to David Bowie. Was Gaga unavailable? We've seen better Bowies at Halloween.HBO/Getty Images

Alice Cooper

“Dear Alice Cooper, thank you for creating a stage persona that includes copious amounts of makeup, the likes of which allow us to pluck a fresh-faced actor off the street and dress him up as you! Love, the producers of Vinyl."HBO/Getty Images

Lou Reed

This one gets by on juxtapositioning. The Nico-esque actor in the background of the scene says "this is The Velvet Underground!" Mostly we're just mad about the sunglasses. Who's ever seen Reed in anything but aviators?HBO/Getty Images

Karen Carpenter

Doesn't this brunette actor singing a Karen Carpenter song during Devon's honey-I-forgot-the-kids-at-the-diner in-car reverie sort of remind you of Karen Carpenter?HBO/Getty Images

John Lennon

Vinyl found a pretty decent May Pang, but as far as Lennon goes? Let's just say we get why the scene was lit this way. Thanks to the wardrobe department, the actor's un-Lennon-like face is saved by a pair of the former Beatle's trademark glasses.HBO/Getty Images

Andy Warhol

At this point, Andy Warhol's hair is like a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. Put it on anyone, and voila! They're Andy. On Vinyl, it's Broadway actor John Cameron Mitchell doing Warhol. He's pretty good, but he's no Guy Pearce in Factory Girl.HBO/Getty Images

Jimmy Page

Now we're talking. In the very first episode, record exec Richie Finestra tries to fleece Atlantic Records of their biggest band, Led Zeppelin. The show's Robert Plant is spot on in the looks department. When it comes to the portrayal of the legendary guitarist, however, he should probably sue for character assassination.HBO/Getty Images

Elvis

Yes, the studded white jumpsuit goes a long way but so does the dejection and disillusionment this actor exudes in his role of sad, paunchy, '70s-era, Las Vegas Elvis.HBO/Getty Images

Mama Cass

This is actually an amazing likeness, too bad the showrunners didn't trust audiences enough to appreciate it. Instead, they pencil in a cheap fat joke, just incase you didn't get that it's Mama Cass.HBO/Getty Images

New York Dolls

No, Johnny Thunders didn't bring down The Mercer Arts Centre with his band The New York Dolls, but the real building did collapse in August of 1973 and the actor Vinyl cast for the show looks identical to the real Thunders. No “Personality Crisis" here.HBO/Getty Images